The much awaited results of the Public, Multiformat Listening Test @ 64 kbps are ready - partially. So far, I only uploaded an overall plot along with a zoomed version. The details will be available tomorrow. You can also download the encryption key on the results page that is located here:

Wow, thanks a lot for posting so fast these results.WMAPro is competitive against HE-AAC at 64 kbps... great result for this new format. What were Microsoft listening tests on this subject (I forgot it)?

Compare to the last 48kbit/s listening test, 64kbits will only bring slightly better results.

I-tunes at 96kbits ist transparent for most users on both tests.

WMA is not interesting for me.

Nero-AAC HE score was 3,64 points at 48kbits, now we can see 3,74 points at 64kbits.This is not very impressive for me. I thought Nero will performe better at 64kbit/s.Of course, it is still usable for e.g. portable devices or good quality webradio.

Vorbis is also better at 64kbits/ (3,16 to 3,32 points )

So i can go with itunes at 96kbit for high quality use (maybe nero performing better at this bitrate?), and 48-64kbits for medium quality use.

maybe 80kbits/s will hit a 4.xx score?

i think the next test should be a 96-112kbit multi-format test, also including Lame.

Compare to the last 48kbit/s listening test, 64kbits will only bring slightly better results.

I-tunes at 96kbits ist transparent for most users on both tests.

WMA is not interesting for me.

Nero-AAC HE score was 3,64 points at 48kbits, now we can see 3,74 points at 64kbits.This is not very impressive for me. I thought Nero will performe better at 64kbit/s.Of course, it is still usable for e.g. portable devices or good quality webradio.

Vorbis is also better at 64kbits/ (3,16 to 3,32 points )

So i can go with itunes at 96kbit for high quality use (maybe nero performing better at this bitrate?), and 48-64kbits for medium quality use.

maybe 80kbits/s will hit a 4.xx score?

i think the next test should be a 96-112kbit multi-format test, also including Lame.

It's technically not valid to compare results between tests, although the ratings differences do seem to make some sense.

It's technically not valid to compare results between tests, although the ratings differences do seem to make some sense.

I think it's not completely pointless to note that both high and low anchor (which haven't change in the meantime - iTunes's version excepted) are now slightly worse than previously (samples are harder and/or listeners a bit more sensitive on average). A direct comparison between 48 kbps and 64 kbps performance should take this difference into account. It increases a bit the difference between 48 and 64 kbps encodings.